ever in the Father the Truth and Life, by assuming man’s nature became the Way. Walk by
Him as Man, and thou comest to God. By Him thou goest, to Him thou goest. Look not out
for any way whereby to come to Him, besides Himself. For if He had not vouchsafed to be
the Way, we should have always gone astray. He then became the Way Whereby thou
shouldest come; I do not say to thee, seek the Way. The Way Itself hath come to thee, arise
and walk. Walk, with the life,4200 not with the feet. For many walk well with the feet, and
with their lives walk ill. For sometimes even those who walk well, run outside the way. Thus
you will find men living well, and not Christians. They run well; but they run not in the
way. The more they run, the more they go astray; because they are out of the Way. But if
such men as these come to the Way, and hold on the Way, O how great is their security,
because they both walk well, and do not go astray! But if they do not hold on the Way,
however well they walk, alas! how are they to be bewailed! For better is it to halt in the way,
than to walk on stoutly outside the way. Let this suffice for you, Beloved. Turn we to the
Lord, etc.
4200 Moribus.
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